2008 IRB Nations Cup

2008 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	South Africa A Georgia Italy A Romania Russia Uruguay
Tournament format(s)	Modified Round-robin
Date	11 – 20 June 2008
Tournament statistics
Teams	6
Matches played	9
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Tries scored	25 (2.78 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Matias Arocena (Uruguay) (34 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Florin Corodeanu (Romania) Dato Gasviani (Georgia) Howard Noble (Emerging Springboks) (2 tries)
Final
Champions	South Africa A (2nd title)
Runners-up	Georgia

The 2008 IRB Nations Cup was the third edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Georgia, Russia and Uruguay). For the second consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. The Emerging Springboks were the overall winners for their second consecutive year. The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.

Final standings

2008 IRB Nations Cup

	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	South Africa A	3	3	0	0	56	35	21	6	2	0	0	12
2	Georgia	3	2	0	1	48	32	16	5	1	0	0	8
3	Romania	3	2	0	1	36	43	−7	3	3	0	0	8
4	Italy A	3	1	0	2	60	60	0	6	7	1	1	6
5	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	47	49	−2	2	4	0	2	6
6	Russia	3	0	0	3	46	74	−28	3	8	0	2	2
Source : irb.com Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Results

Round 1

11 June 2008 16:00 EET (UTC+02)

Italy A	38–15	Russia
Try: Pietrosanti 10' m Galante 20' c Sepe 42' m Derbyshire 63' c Giovanchelli 74' m Con: Buso (2/5) Pen: Buso (3/3) 14', 30', 47'	Report Stats	Try: Marchenko 26' m Khrokin 60' c Con: Yanyushkin (1/2) Pen: Yanyushkin (1/1) 70'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

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11 June 2008 18:00 EET (UTC+02)

South Africa A	11–3	Georgia
Try: Noble 49' m Pen: Dollie (2/2) 27', 46'	Report Stats	Pen: Barkalaia (1/1) 37'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)

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11 June 2008 20:00 EET (UTC+02)

Uruguay	6–10	Romania
Pen: Arocena (1/1) 47' Caffera (1/1) 76'	Report Stats	Try: Corodeanu 3' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 17'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)

Round 2

15 June 2008 16:00 EET (UTC+02)

Georgia	20–18	Uruguay
Try: Nemsadze 7' c Gasviani 44' c Con: Malaguradze (2/2) Pen: Malaguradze (2/2) 55', 56'	Report Stats	Pen: Arocena (6/6) 21', 29', 39', 50', 58', 59'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

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15 June 2008 18:00 EET (UTC+02)

Italy A	19–20	South Africa A
Try: Sbaraglini 78' c Con: Duca (1/1) Pen: Buso (4/4) 42', 47', 54', 63'	Report Stats	Try: Waka 30' c Jansen 50' c Con: Dollie (2/2) Pen: Dollie (2/2) 2', 64'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)

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15 June 2008 20:00 EET (UTC+02)

Russia	12–13	Romania
Pen: Yanyushkin (4/4) 5', 36', 49', 57'	Report Stats	Try: Tasca 68' c Con: Dumbravă (1/1) Pen: Dumbravă (2/2) 9', 40'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)

Round 3

20 June 2008 16:00 EET (UTC+02)

Russia	19–23	Uruguay
Try: Volkov 37' c Con: Yanyushkin (1/1) Pen: Yanyushkin (3/3) 39', 60', 70' Drop: Kuzmenko (1/1) 55'	Report Stats	Try: Penalty try 75' c Conti 80' c Con: Arocena (2/2) Pen: Arocena (3/3)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

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20 June 2008 18:00 EET (UTC+02)

Italy A	3–25	Georgia
Pen: Duca (1/1) 20'	Report Stats	Try: Gasviani 1' m Gundishvili 40' c Tsiklauri 78' c Con: Malaguradze (1/2) Uchava (1/1) Pen: Malaguradze (2/2) 13', 63'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)

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20 June 2008 20:00 EET (UTC+02)

South Africa A	25–13	Romania
Try: Basson 27' c Noble 51' c Jenneker 77' m Con: Newman (2/3) Pen: Newman (2/2) 22', 38'	Report Stats	Try: Corodeanu 26' c Con: Dimofte (1/1) Pen: Dumbravă (1/1) 2' Dimofte (1/1) 33'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Matias Arocena	Uruguay	34
2	Alexander Yanyushkin	Russia	28
3	Paolo Buso	Italy A	25
4	Lasha Malaguradze	Georgia	18
5	Isma-eel Dollie	South Africa A	16
6	Dănuț Dumbravă	Romania	11
7	Florin Corodeanu	Romania	10
	Dato Gasviani	Georgia
	Morgan Newman	South Africa A
	Howard Noble	South Africa A

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Florin Corodeanu	Romania	2
	Dato Gasviani	Georgia
	Howard Noble	South Africa A
4	18 players, 1 Penalty try		1

Source: irb.com

See also

• 2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

External links

• IRB Overview
• IRB Fixtures/Results
• IRB Standings